Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be Racist

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: amore, but make it anti-racist.
Honoring interracial marriage has only been the law of the land for
a few decades in this country; there are couples alive today whose
relationships were illegal within their lifetimes.  There are
now more mixed-race couples – and children – in the U.S. than ever
before, and interracial love is overwhelmingly supported by all
Americans. But is that an indication that we’ve actually made
progress toward racial equality?  Jamilah Lemieux, writer and
contributor to Slate’s Care & Feeding, argues no: and that
unless a couple has done the work to be truly anti-racist, their
children will pay the price. If you have thoughts you want to
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